HC Deb 17 December 1982 vol 34 cc278-81W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in each November of the past four years, expressed (a) numerically and (b) as a percentage; and what are the corresponding figures for males and females, respectively.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The new computerised count of records of claimants at unemployment benefit offices, which has replaced the count of people registered for work at jobcentres and careers offices, means that comparable figures for each of the past four years for the Edinburgh travel-to-work area are not available, but the following table provides the totals on the old basis for each November from 1979 to 1981 and on the new basis for November 1982:

Report a list of prisons in England and Wales; when each was built; what maximum recommended occupancy each has; how many inmates are in each prison; and how many inmates in each prison are unconvicted awaiting trial

Mr. Mayhew

A list of prisons and remand centres showing the certified normal accommodation, population and numbers unconvicted awaiting trial in each as at 31 October 1982 is as follows. Establishing the date on which each of these establishments was built could be obtained only at disproportionate cost; the year in which they were first used for the custody of offenders is however shown.

Prisons and Remand Centres in England and Wales
Name Dale first used for custody of offenders Certified normal accommodation Population on 31 October 1982* Untried population on 31 October 1982*
Acklington 1972 325 249
Albany 1967 294 292
Ashford 1961 380 454 195
Ashwell 1955 400 400
Askham Grange 1946 126 102
Aylesbury 1845 295 236
Bedford 1848 169 346 121
Birmingham 1845 565 1,023 270
Blundeston 1963 342 336
Bristol 1883 574 547 79
Brixton 1853 504 771 600
Brockhill 1965 177 190 100
Camp Hill 1912 449 408 8
Canterbury 1808 246 386 134
Cardiff 1830 339 513 106
Castington 1979 78 70
Channings Wood 1974 314 310
Chelmsford 1819 237 388 1
Coldingley 1969 296 298 71
Cookham Wood 1980 119 114
Dartmoor 1851 550 548
Dorchester 1855 155 236 36
Drake Hall 1976 250 193
Durham pre 1877 709 929 217
East Sutton Park 1946 20 27
Erlestoke 1962 107 89
Exeter 1853 362 520 127
Featherstone 1976 494 519
Ford 1960 572 548
Frankland 1982 439 322
Gartree 1966 276 169
Glen Parva 1974 321 286 79
Gloucester c. 1800 193 296 31
Grendon 1962 295 236
Haverigg 1967 520 509
Highpoint 1977 299 295
Holloway 1853 247 326 67
Hull 1869 318 299
Kingston 1878 140 135
Kirkham 1962 632 596
Lancaster not known 153 225
Latchmere House 1948 128 127 11
Leeds 1840 620 1,116 372
Leicester 1828 201 393 102
Lewes 1855 321 442 246
Leyhill 1946 332 322
Lincoln 1869 356 576 162
Liverpool 1854 900 1,433
Long Lartin 1971 420 388
Low Newton 1965 189 289 147
Maidstone 1817 548 532
Manchester 1869 913 1,414 417
Northallerton 1850 142 205
Northeye 1969 450 422
Norwich 1892 492 541 135
Nottingham 1890 193 249
Onley 1968 420 413
Oxford 1858 136 249 64
Parkhurst 1800 270 281
Pentonville 1842 847 1,126 168
Preston 1799 429 573
Pucklechurch 1965 159 161 82
Ranby 1972 424 405
Reading 1845 177 309 135
Risley 1965 586 904 547
Rochester 1873 81 76
Rudgate 1959 378 379
Shepton Mallet pre 1877 169 264
Shrewsbury 1795 170 216 39
Spring Hill 1953 210 209
Stafford 1845 536 740
Standford Hill 1950 500 491
Styal 1963 211 197
Sudbury 1948 384 364
Swansea 1859 240 334 29

Name Date first used for custody of offenders Certified normal accommodation Population on 31 October 1982* Untried population on 31 October 1982*
Swinfen Hall 1963 182 182
Thorp Arch 1965 173 234 177
The Verne 1949 520 512
Wakefleld 1847 754 712
Wandsworth 1849 1,258 1,340
Warren Hill 1982 185 130
Winchester 1855 474 674 150
Wormwood Scrubs 1874 862 1,084 263
Wymott 1979 816 853
* The figures shown are those recorded centrally and are approximate.

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